Thornythwaite Wood
Thornythwaite Wood is a forest in Cartmel Fell, Westmorland and Furness, England. Thornythwaite Wood is situated near the locality Burblethwaite Mill, as well as near Ravensbarrow Old Man.Places of Interest
Highlights: St Anthony’s Church and Gummer’s How.
St Anthony’s Church
Church
St Anthony's Church, is in the village of Cartmel Fell, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Kendal, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
Gummer’s How
Peak
Gummer's How is a hill in the southern part of the Lake District, on the eastern shore of Windermere, near its southern end. How, derived from the Old Norse word haugr, is a common local term for a hill or mound.
Simpson Ground Reservoir
Reservoir
Simpson Ground Reservoir is a reservoir in Cumbria, England, near the southeastern end of Windermere. It is located within a Forestry Commission conifer plantation, to the east of Staveley-in-Cartmel and provides fresh water supply for Grange-Over-Sands and the Haweswater aqueduct to Barrow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lakeside and Bowland Bridge.
Lakeside
Hamlet
Lakeside is a Hamlet near Newby Bridge at the south end of Lake Windermere, England. Now in the county of Cumbria, before county reorganisation of 1974 it was in Lancashire, as part of the region known as Furness.
Bowland Bridge
Village
Bowland Bridge is a village in Cumbria, England. It was in the South Lakeland district until 2023 and is now in the unitary authority area of Westmorland and Furness.
Witherslack
Village
Witherslack is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the south of Cumbria, England.
Thornythwaite Wood
Latitude
54.2905° or 54° 17′ 26″ north
Longitude
-2.8992° or 2° 53′ 57″ west
Open location code
9C6V74R2+68
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Burblethwaite Mill and Ravensbarrow Old Man.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Hagg Wood and Hodge Close.
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Worth a closer look: Carlisle and Barrow-in-Furness.
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